Sake World email Newsletter #155, May 2013 (May 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #155May, 2013In This IssueGreetingsReading the FoamEvents: Sake Professional Course in Dallas 2013 Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here May Greetings to all readers,As May and with it spring firmly ensconce themselves, the brewing season for this year is comin

SPC NY 2013 announcement Copy Copy (Apr 2013)
2013 Sake Professional Course in New York City, May 8 ~ 10, 2013 Announcing John Gauntner’s2013 Sake Professional Course in New York CityNew York, New York, Wednesday May 8 ~ Friday May 10, 2013 Recognized by the Sake Education CouncilNo sake stone remains left unturned"Quite simply, the best and most thorough sake education on the planet."Note: as of April 11, only ten seats remain open!From Wednesday, May 8 to Friday, May 10, 2013, I will hold the 12th stateside version

Sake World email Newsletter #156, June 2013 (Jun 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #156June, 2013In This IssueGreetingsRice DistributionEvents: Sake Professional Course in Dallas 2013 Sake Fair June 14 in Tokyo Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here June Greetings to all readers,As spring gives ground grudgingly to summer - albeit through the

Sake World email Newsletter #137 August-September 2011 (Aug 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #137August - September, 2011In This IssueGreetings Rice ReportTale of Three TojiSake BasicsDid You Know?EventsSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Late-Summer Greetings to all readers,Or as they say in Japanese, "Zansho O-mimai Moshiagemasu," or greetings in the ling

Sake World email Newsletter #136 July 2011 (Jul 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #136July, 2011In This IssueGreetings What's In a Name?Did you Know?Sake BasicsEventsSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Early Summer Greetings to all readers,Tsuyu - the rainy season in Japan - is reluctantly releasing its grip and retreating, leaving heat and humid

Sake World email Newsletter #135 June 2011 (Jun 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #135June, 2011In This IssueGreetings 2011 Nationals ReportDid you Know?Sake BasicsEvents: Sake Fair, Sake Professional Course in NYCSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers,Welcome to June, and in Japan, welcome to the rainy season, a full t

Sake World email Newsletter #134 May 2011 (May 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #134May, 2011In This IssueGreetings Smooth "em or Let 'em ?Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in NYCDid you Know?Sake BasicsSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers,It is May. While things are still far from stable here

Sake World email Newsletter #154, April 2013 (Apr 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #154April, 2013In This IssueGreetingsThe Birthplace of SakeSake Industry News Events: Sake Professional Course in Japan 2013 Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers in the shakily advancing spring,I hope you are well. Despite a cold winte

Sake World email Newsletter #133 April 2011 (Apr 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #133April, 2011In This Issue Greetings Good rice? Bad rice? The Current Situation in JapanAnnouncements and Events: Sake Professional Course in NYCDid you Know?Sake BasicsSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers,There is but one way to open

Sake World email Newsletter #132 March 2011 Copy (Mar 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #132March, 2011In This Issue Greetings Brewers That Couldn't Brew Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in NYCDid you Know?Sake BasicsSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings in the supposedly-approaching spring,And what a tumultuous winter it

Sake World email Newsletter #131 January 2011 (Jan 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #131January, 2011In This Issue Greetings The Suffix "-shu" Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in JapanSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Happy New Year to all! Two-thousand-eleven is upon us. Amidst economic uncertainty, trudging through quagmires o

Sake World email Newsletter #130 December 2010 (Dec 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #130December, 2010In This Issue Greetings Rice to Sake: How Much? Did You Know? Sake Basics Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in JapanSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers.Japan has always had its own way of doing things. Some

Sake World email Newsletter #129 (Nov 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #129November, 2010In This Issue Greetings "I'm From the Gov't" The 18 Nihonshu Samurai Tasting Did You Know? Sake Basics Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in JapanSake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers.Ah, bamboo. Known as take

Sake World email Newsletter #128 (Oct 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #128October, 2010In This Issue Greetings Toji today Did You Know? Sake Basics Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in Portland and a new sake educational blog Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers.Happy Sake Day a little bit late

Sake World email Newsletter #127 Part II (Sep 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #127 September, 2010 - Part IIIn This Issue Sake Basics Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in Portland and a new sake educational blog Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Apologies!A technical SNAFU the other day caused only the first half of this em

Sake World email Newsletter #127 September 2010 (Sep 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #127September, 2010In This IssueGreetings In Praise of Big HandsSake Basics Did You Know? Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in Portland!!Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings in what should be the autumn,As of this writing, it is still

Sake World email Newsletter #126 (Aug 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #126August, 2010In This Issue Greetings Method over Mold Did You Know? Sake Basics Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in Portland and a new sake educational blog Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Mid-summer greetings to all readers.I live in Kamaku

Sake World Email Newsletter #125 July 2010 (Jul 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #125July, 2010In This Issue Greetings Moss, Mold and Yeast Sake Basics Did You Know? Events Two For One Sale: Buy One Get One Free! Quick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers, Well, it’s summer here in Japan. Actually, we are still firmly ensconced in the rainy se

Sake World Email Newsletter #124 June 2010 (Jun 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #124June, 2010In This Issue Greetings Sake Brewing Songs Did You Know? Sake Basics Events Japanese For Sake Lovers Quick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers,Well, the “Nationals,” or the “Zenkoku,” i.e. the Zenkoku Shinshu Kampyokai, or National

Sake World Email Newsletter #123 May 2010 Copy Copy (May 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #123May, 2010In This IssueGreetings Sake Myths Sake Professional Course Did You Know? Sake Basics Japanese For Sake Lovers Odds 'N Ends Quick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers,It’s May, and “Golden Week,” a week of holidays here in Japan, has wrappe

Sake World Email Newsletter #122 April 2010 Copy (Apr 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #122April, 2010In This IssueSake and Rice on the Same Table The Sake Professional Course Did You Know? Sake Basics Iphone App - Sake Dictionary Japanese For Sake Lovers Odds 'n Ends Quick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to All,No foolin’; it’s April. While the calenda

Sake World Email Newsletter #121 March 2010 (Mar 2010)
Sake World Email Newsletter #121March, 2010In This IssueBig and SmallDid You Know? Counting Moromi Days New Section: Sake Basics - Honjouzou Sake Professional Course in SF in June NEW! Japanes for Sake Lovers! NEW! iPHone app: The Sake Dictionary! Odds-n-Ends Quick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here The Pass

Sake World email Newsletter #153, March 2013 (Mar 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #153March, 2013In This IssueGreetingsJunmai Ginjo Does Not ExistNihonshu-do Events: Sake Professional Course in Japan 2013 Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here March Greetings,Well, as is usually the case, the tempo of the first two months of the year were a b

Sake World email Newsletter #152, January 2013 (Jan 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #152January, 2013In This IssueGreetings: Happy New Year! Sake Rice & Coffee BeansIndustry News"Sake Tours" Expands Operations!Events: Sake Professional Course in Japan 2013 Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Happy New Year to Everyone! Ringing in the new

Sake World email Newsletter #148, September 2012 - Final Copy (Sep 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #148September, 2012In This IssueGreetings Sake Brewing Tanks Is Nothing Simple?Did you Know? Shio-kojiEvents Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings in the coattails of summerAnd in its heat, which is dwindling a bit too slowly, lament some. I recall a

Sake World email Newsletter #147, July 2012 (Aug 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #147August, 2012In This IssueGreetings Seasonal Sake: Natsu Ginjo Kuramoto and KurabitoSake BasicsDid You Know? Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers in the sweltering summer, 'Nuff said about that. Except to add that the standard

Sake World email Newsletter #146, July 2012 (Jul 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #146July, 2012In This IssueGreetings Justification From On HighChanging of the GuardSake BasicsDid You Know? Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers in the fully-swinging summer, In most places, it is already proving to be a hot one

Sake World email Newsletter #145, June 2012 (Jun 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #145June, 2012In This IssueGreetings "The Nationals"We're from the gov't...Sake BasicsDid You Know? Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers, I hope this finds you well. In spite of my assertion that May is a slowmonth in the sake wo

Sake World email Newsletter #144, May 2012 (May 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #144May, 2012In This IssueGreetings Give Things TimeWajohryoushuSake BasicsDid You Know? Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers, Early May always seems like a moment of respite in the sake-brewing year. All but a few brewers have w

Sake World email Newsletter #142, March 2012 (Mar 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #142March, 2012In This IssueGreetings Calrose rice = Wataribune? = Omachi? Industry SnapshotSake BasicsDid You Know?Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to All Readers,Spring is just around the corner, at least as far as the calendar is concern

Sake World email Newsletter #141, January 2012 (Jan 2012)
Sake World Email Newsletter #141January, 2012In This IssueGreetings Back to First GradeState of Sake Industry"Horoyoi"Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Happy New Year to all readers,First and foremost, I pray for health, happiness, prosperity, and stability for everyone in 2012.

Sake World email Newsletter #140, December 2011 (Dec 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #140"Shiwasu" (December), 2011In This IssueGreetings Rooftop Sake RiceSuisen Back Brewing, etc.Sake BasicsDid You Know?Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings in the month known as "Shiwasu,"The busy-ness of this time of the year is reflected in that wo

Sake World email Newsletter #139, November 2011 (Nov 2011)
Sake World Email Newsletter #139November, 2011In This IssueGreetings Tohoku SignificancePrime Minister CalligraphySake BasicsDid You Know?Events Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download!Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Greetings to all readers,As we head into the home stretch of 2011, as tumultuous a year as we have had in a while

SPC LV 2011 (Aug 2011)
Greetings, I hope you are well. You have expressed an interest in the Sake Professional Course in the past, and as such I am sending you information about the Sake Professional Course to be held in Las Vegas this upcoming December 5 - 7.Alternatively, you may have expressed interest for your employees. Also, I may have duplicated an address here and there between this mailing and others; if so, I sincerely apologize for that. Please find attached a bit more information re

The LAST Sake and Pottery Seminar (for a while, anyway) (Apr 2011)
The LAST Sake & Pottery Seminar (for a while, anyway)at Takara, April 23, 2011 Shoutin' at Yellin the LAST sake and pottery seminar… for a while, anywayGreetings to all,We hope you are well and safe amidst all that is going on. First, some news: Rob Yellin will be moving to Kyoto later this month with his gallery into a fine old house very near Ginkakuji (

VC Sake Connection - 12/16/13 (Dec 2013)
The VC Sake ConnectionIt goes right to the source! December 16, 2013 Greetings,Hereinfind Issue #3 of the VC Sake Connection mini-newsletter. Note, this will be the last for this year, but I will pick them up again January 6. So ya's got that to look forward to. ;-) -Remember I am here to support anyone handling VC sake in any way I can. -Remember sake is one of VC's four main pillars for 2014. Gotta hold the structure up with strong pillars! -By all means, if there are

VC Sake Connection - 12/09/13 (Dec 2013)
The VC Sake ConnectionIt goes right to the source! December 9, 2013 Greetings,Herein find Issue #2 of the VC Sake Connection mini-newsletter. I am sure we all agree, the shorter the sweeter, and with no further ado: -Remember I am here to support anyone handling VC sake in any way I can. -Remember sake is one of VC's four main pillars for 2014. Gotta hold the structure up with strong pillars! -By all means, if there are any suggestions, ideas or requests for this transmissio

Sake World email Newsletter #162, December 2013 (Dec 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #162December, 2013In This IssueGreetingsSugidama Listing Rice Varieties Sake Tours for 2014Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Early winter greetings to all readers,It is "shiwasu" season again! As I do each year, I am beginning the December n

VC Sake Connection - Inaugural Issue - 12/02/14 (Dec 2013)
The VC Sake ConnectionIt goes right to the source! December 2, 2013 Greetings,You may recall having heard from me a while back when we were trying to save Soul of the Sensei.Well, we did that, although much work remains. “We ain’t outta the woods yet.” But as you likely know, sake is one of VC’s main thrusts for 2013, and it is one that I personally want to support as much as humanly possible.What does that mean? To me, it simply means keeping as many people that ha

Sake World email Newsletter #161, November 2013 (Nov 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #161November, 2013In This IssueGreetingsCinder-block Nama Taxing Taxes of Olde Events: Sake Professional Course in Japan!, Sake Tours for 2014Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Late, late, late fall greetings to all readers,Finally it has begun to cool down!

Sake World email Newsletter #160, October 2013 (Oct 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #160October, 2013In This IssueGreetingsRice WoesEvents: Sake Professional Course in Japan!, Las Vegas, and Sake Tours for 2014Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here October Greetings to all readers,Sake Brewing begins this month! As it seems to almost

Sake World email Newsletter #158, August 2013 (Jul 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #158August, 2013In This IssueGreetingsSecond Guessing RiceSake Tours 2014: Lots of 'emThe Birth of Sake: a documentary filmEvents: Sake Professional Course in Dallas 2013Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here Midsummer Greetings to all readers,In Japan, as well

Sake World email Newsletter #157, July 2013 (Jul 2013)
Sake World Email Newsletter #157July, 2013In This IssueGreetingsRice Distribution Part IIEvents: Sake Professional Course in Dallas 2013 Sake Fair June 14 in Tokyo Sake Education CentralQuick LinksSake World WebsiteMore About Us ArchiveSubscribeFree Download! Get your free download "Sake, The Least You Need to Know," and jump-start your sake enjoyment now.Download "Sake: The Least You Need to Know" here July Greetings to all readers,It's more than official! Summer is here! May it be a safe